At the request of the National Service for Groundwater, Irrigation, and Drainage or the Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers, the period may be extended for up to eight more days, pursuant to the provisions of Law 8220, Protection of the Citizen from Excess Requirements and Administrative Procedures, of March 4, 2002.
After obtaining the endorsement of the aforementioned institutions, the Water Directorate shall issue an edict that the interested party shall proceed to publish in the official gazette La Gaceta, and if there is no opposition, within a maximum period of sixty business days, the Ministry of Environment and Energy (Minae) shall issue the resolution of the concession for the use of the water resource, in accordance with Articles 183 and 184 of Law 276, Water Law (Ley de Aguas), of August 27, 1942.
If there is opposition, prior to resolving, the opposition must be transferred to the interested party so that they may respond within a period of ten days.
Any water concession granted in accordance with this law shall be provisional in nature and shall become permanent if, after one year from its use, no person has come forward to claim rights harmed by said concession. Under the protection of Article 183 of Law 276, Water Law (Ley de Aguas), Minae is empowered, by means of a reasoned resolution with scientific-technical justification, to revoke the registration and concession of an intake located in fragile aquifers due to availability and risk of overexploitation, or for non-compliance with the sworn statement, in accordance with the principles of progressivity and non-regression of environmental protection.